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Nowhere a Finer Climate
VOLUME THREE, NUMBER XXXXVIII.
BROOKINGS,
Nowhere A Finer Community
CURRY COUNTY,
OREGON
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1949
e
Russian Question
Topic, Sunday, At
Bible Lecture
Rotary Anns Will Hold
Meeting; Thursday Noon
Bruins Took Three
From Gold Beach
On Local Floor, Fri
Site For Cluh House To
Be Discussed Tuesday
Rotarians Learn
Astronomy Lesson
At Luncheon, Tues.
In their first meeting for sev
Consideration of the site for
eral months, the Rotary” Anns
the new club house will be ample
have billed a pot luck dinner for
reason for a big turnout of mem
1:00
o
’
clock
this
afternoon
at
the
bers of Chetco Rod and Gun
“Despite the current Russian
“Light years, the method of
Weideman
home.
Club,
next Tuesday, Feb. 8.
peace offensive, we can draw but
Several matters will be dis
The committee, appointed to measuring distance in space, and
one inevitable conclusion from
Brookings High Bruins last
something about our solar sys
cussed
by
the
group,
udth
em
our contacts with Russia during
Friday evening repeated their investigate and make recomenda- tem,” were contained in Tues-*
phasis
to
be
put
on
plans
for
as
tions,
will
be
ready
to
report,
it
these last three years.
domination of Curry county hoop
day noon’s talk at Rotary, by Ed
sistance to the Rotary club in
tradition by slaughtering Gold has been said. This club house F. Ackley who has long made a
“That is, that Moscow’s aim its inactions.
Beach in the second meeting of is expected to he built this com hobby of studying astronomy.
is still Communistic w’orld dom
the two schools for the 1949 sea ing spring, if action is taken.
ination, no matter what tactic
In way of comparison of sizes,
son All three games were put
they use. It may be the w’eapon
the speaker had an orange,* cut
to the credit side ot the Bruins’ |
of peace or the weapon of w'ar, ।
in half, on which he put a pin
ledge.
but the objective is still the same
prick to denote the size and posi
A —world domination.”
tion of the sun as its ration to
As everyone knows, the com Volleyball Game Runaway
our own solar system, 'Hie en-
So completely d i d Brooking |
With these remarks Pastor Leo munity library has been in ex
Fol low’ing illness o f several tire orange, representing uni verse
VanDolson inaugurated a short istence for much over a year— girls have the volleyball game’
years,
death summoned Ben E. he compared to the pin prick on
series of Bible lectures pertain under sponsorship of the Harbor in their grasp it was almost at
Kern
Sr., Monday evening at the half orange he used to illus-
4he end of the first half before
ing to current events and their Community club.
9:00
at
the family home at Keno,
spiritual significance in the light
As all know’ the project has Gold Beach was given the cour near Klamath Falls, where he trate the position and size of the
sun to the solar system.
of Bible prophecy at the Chetco been worth while, and that no tesy of making a point—Brook
had
long
farmed.
Funeral
serv
Since there remains so much
Inn last Sunday night.
ings had amassed 34 by that time.
one would wish it discontinued.
ices
were
held
Wednesday
after-
to
learn about the universe, its
In the second half, when it
'Phe library board, at its last
The S e v e n t h-Day Adventist
noon
at
Klamath
Falls
with
in
magnitude,
etc., the speaker took
pastor went on to show that seven meeting, Tuesday, planned an had no longer interested the lo terment at Santa Cruz, Calif.
up
the
description
of the solar
Bible words recorded in Daniel afternoon and evening for an cal girls, who began to “fool”
Mr.
Kerns,
who
made
his
home
system
involving
our
sun and its
2:43 doom to failure the attempt “Antique” tea, with the date be around, did Gold Beach show any in Harbor area for four years,
nine
planets,
and
their
satellites.
of any power or combination of ing set for Washington’s birth- life. The game ended w’ith the is survived by his widow, Clara,
All
stars,
he
said,
w
’
ere
suns of
Brookings girls leading, 56-12.
powers to achieve complete dom day, February 22.
two sons, Claude of Keno and other solar systems, and the one
Set for the Grange hall, every- B String Game Interesting
ination of Europe and the world.
Ben Jr. of Brookings; by three
Highlighting the evening, was daughters, Esther and Edna of nearest to the earth is two light
“These seven mighty words,’’ one in this community is asked
years away, or may be computed
he said, “which still flash in let-1 to display any and all antiques the game between the two sec Keno and Mary of Medford, by by multiplying the speed of light,
ters of fire across the storm; they may have, regardless of its ond teams, wrho fought desper 11 grandchildren.
186,000 miles per second by the
ately for every point each made.
clouds of these turbulent times । shape or condition.
From a pioneer family of that number of seconds in a year, and
Proceeds will go for improve Gold Beach grabbed a n early
are the words of the prophet,1
courtly, Mr. Kerns owned a 2500- multiply by two. Polarus, the
ment
of the library', sadly in lead, and it was just before the
Daniel, written 2^ milleniums
acre ranch on Klamath River, north star, is 144 light years from
ago, ‘They Shall Not Cleave One need of many items. More de end of the half that Brookings where for years they were well the earth.
tails will be revealed next week. was able to overcome and take
To Another’.”
known in the cattle industry.
The speaker compared the den
the offensive to a point of push
In concluding the lecture, Van-
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kerns Jr. sities of all the1 planets, using
ing the play.
Dol son stated, “Our prophecy
left here early Sunday to be at the earth as 1, or the base. He
Only a couple times in the
predicts that one power will nev
• the bedside during Mr. Kerns’also compared the revolution of
entire struggle was the lead safe
er again rule the world until
final illness.
each planet in its orbit in com
for Brookings, and this came in
Christ himself shall come to
parison to that of the earth.
According to Mrs. Doris Free ti e closing seconds cf the game
reign. The supreme message of
With time preventing, much
this great prophecy is not that i man, Brookings March of Dimes when th? local scored a few real
of
the data had to be carried to
Europe is to remain in disunity, ’ chairman, the community raised rapid baskets to streich the lead i
another
time when the program
Io eight points, winning, 29-21.
but that in the very time of the $406.91. Her report:
will be open.
Shows Championship Form
Dance ............................. : $180.28
existence o f these nations of
Graveside services, under direc Club Invited To Gasquet
It was admitted by a few Gold
Boxes ............................... 120.62
Western Eurpoe the God of hea-
Dr. H. A. Stover, president of
Beach fans, after their team had tion of Chetco Post No. 138, Am
Letters .......................... 103.61
ven will intervene in human af
Crescent
City Kiwanis club, was
beaten Ophir by a like score run erican Legion and Post 966, Vet
2.40
Upper Chetco School
fairs, finally setting up His own
present
to
extend an invitation
up by Brookings, that Gold Beach erans of Foreign Wars, will be
permanent kingdom on this, our
to
all
Rotarians
and wives to be
has definite victory plans. Trie held Sunday at the local ceme
$40G.91
Total
earth.”
present
Saturday,
Feb. 12, at a
tery for T/5 Wm. E. Steele, who
Proceeds are yet to come in game was terrific in speed, but was killed in action near Aachen, party and program at Gasquet.
Sunday night’s address w?as the
first in a series of “Know Your from the miniature school houses- the championship form displayed Germany, Nov. 24, 1944.
Since that is also the night set
Bible” lectures being presented which were passed out Monday by the Bruins was not to be de
Brought here by military es for the Rotary benefit dance, he
nied, for the score was gradually
at the Chetco Inn. Lectures yet and will be returned Friday.
cort, full military honors will be suggested that a little “reciproc
Thor Ask was the recipient of widened as the game progressed. given, at 2 p. m. (An obituary ity” might be effected.
to be presented this week include
the lecture, "What Think Ye of the toaster given at the dance, The Bruins made it decisive with will be published next week).
Jim Vincent Guest of Club
Christ,” Thursday night at 7:30, and donted by Chetco Home & a 62 to 44 drubbing.
Leaving that day on his two-
and the lecture, "Seven Blunders Appliance Co.; Edna Newman
weeks
trip to Washington, D. C.,
New Signs Dot Main
of the World,” Saturday morn received the $5 grocery order by
and New York, Jimmy Vincent
Street Business Houses
Chetco Store and Bertha Beers,
ing at 11:00.
read a copy of the itinerary he
When the Nook Cafe began was to follow. He promised to
the
$5
grocery
order
from
the
The topics for next week’s
with a new front, and a newly- tell the club all details on his
lectures in this series are listed Brookings Market.
SMITH
RIVER
—
The
Women
’
s
painted sign, last week, more of return. He also thanked the club
Bert
DeMoss
deserves
mention
on page four of this issue. The
Club
will
meet
tomorrow,
Feb.
4,
the
businesses along main street for his Sea Scout uniform and the
public is cordially invited to at for the $43.03 which was in the
at
the
community
hall
with
a
kept
in step by having either new $25.00 gift of spending money.
can left at his service station.
tend each of these lectures.
special
program
planned
by
Mrs
signs
or re-newals made on their
The local committee wishes to
Jessie
Lessard,
program
chair
own.
Pine
Cone Tavern was sec
express its .appreciation for the
Tony Grace In Hospital
man,
during
which
the
Azalea
ond
in
the
movement.
support received from the com
With Scalded Foot
munity. Thanks also are due to Garden Club’s choral group, un
A letter was received Jan. 31,
der
leadership
of
Mrs.
Nell
Mac-
Chetco Grange for donation of
by
Mrs. John W. Hogan, from
Kenzie,
will
furnish
the
music.
Fewr people knew it, but the th« hall for the dance.
Mrs.
Tony Grace, of West Yel
Those who heard the group’s
“sons” of E. E. Hanscam & Sons,
lowstone,
Mont., telling of Mr.
interpretation of Spanish music
had secret ambitions. These had
Grace
’
s
having
a severe and pain
Budget for School District Nn
will want to hear the group at
been progressing without inter
ful
burn,
sustained
when he ac
17, advertised for discussion last
this time, again.
ruptions for some time.
cidently
stepped
into
a bucket of
Mrs. Leonitine Bennett will re Thursday, attracted little atten
In about 1962^65, it was their
scalding
water,
he
was
about to
With Dewey Cassidy, recently view a book. To be brought be- tion on the part of the people of
hope to dominate the basketball
team at Brookings high school— from Morton, Wash., acting as for the club for discussion will be the area. It is evident to most use to scald a chicken.
Wearing a high laced hoot at
that is until Merle upset the local agent, a used car agency how to handle the Crescent City that schools need all the finances
has been established in this vi library books, made available by and the budget must have been he time, Mrs. Grace had diffi
plans somewhat last Friday.
the county contract, through the sufficient as far as the local dis culty in removing the boot in
cinity
by a Morton concern.
Into his family was born a
time to prevent the burns from
trict was concerned.
On page eight of this issue ap local library’.
girl—something not so common
going
deeper. He is now at the
This
approved
budget
will
be
Mrs.
Oliver
Bailey
is
tea
hos
Jn the Hanscam family history, pears an announcement, stating
Deaconess
hospital, Bozeman.
turner
over
to
the
rural
school
f A Quoted Vernon with some dis that new’ and used cars, of any tess for the meeting. .
The
Graces
lived here for a
board
for
consideration
and
ap
gust : “We w’ere robbed—now it make or model will be available
time,
leaving
in
June, 1946, for
proval,
this
month.
When following another car a
to people of this area, by con
will not be complete.”
their
present
home.
good rule is to allow at least
tacting Mr. Cassidy.
Never mind who’s right. Walk
one car length for each ten miles
Don’t let those comical driv
Pilot Class Ads get Results!
you'll be left.
।
an
hour
of
speed.
Renew
your
Pilot
subscript
io
s put you in stitches.
"Antique" Tea Set
Fer Library Benefit
Ben Kerns Sr. Dies
Monday Evening
$406.91 Raised In
Dimes Drive Here
Burial Services To
Held Here, Sunday
Womens Club Sets
Smith River Meet.
Hanscam "Hoop"
Team Plans Hit
Used Car Dealer
Establishes In Arec
Budget Hearing
Held Last Thursday